Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Becoming Stronger

Yep...that's my Rosie the riveter. That's my ticket to the gun show right there.

I feel a shift happening in my life.

I was raised to be a good, kind, polite, whatever-you -want kind of person. And for the most part those are all good things. Until you lose yourself somewhere in between.

I have always wanted people to say " Oh that Emily. She is such a nice person." So I did everything I could so that no one could ever come back and say anything otherwise.

But I have noticed as I get older and especially since I had kids.......... I'm tired of it. I'm tired of always not saying something or doing something solely for the benefit of someone else. I kinda feel like I've been censoring myself my whole life.

I'm not going to go all out and take the filter completely off ( because I know some of those people and I don't like them either). But I've been finding out that I need to stand up for myself and especially my kids.

There are a few people in our lives that think they can do whatever they want, say whatever they want to me or my family. And normally, I would be very uncomfortable with it but just stand there and smile because I didn't want to be a B. And my hubby hates, with a capital H, confrontation so he will never say anything to anyone to avoid a fight. So I feel like now, it's up to me. I'm not a doormat anymore and that, my friends, is going to ruffle a lot of feathers.

You know what? .... Dang it.... I'm stronger than this. This is my life and my family. And to H with anyone who's in my way now!

( Kelly Clarkson's " Stronger" is now my new official internal theme song..BTW)

12 comments:

In the words of my daughter (after repeating a country song I can't remember who sang), "You go girl!" I'm the same way. I will sit back and be quiet and let lots of things happen but for the past 12-18 months, I'm sick of it. So I feel ya!!

Whoa...with "guns" like those, you'll be sure to stand your ground! And, good for you! I took me a while to strengthen my backbone. My husband is from Brooklyn, so he has no problem voicing his opinion. Me, on the other hand, took a bit longer.

It's a shame that so many take kindness for weakness!!! I love being nice it makes me feel GREAT!! But when I voice something that isn't okay then I am a B yeah I am not okay with that and you shouldn't either, us easy going women need to be RESPECTED....not stereo typed!!! So I say embrace your STRENGTH because those that can't handle a strong women need to sit their butts down and get over their stupid selfs!!!